Why is arbor elf good

We can get multiple colors out of this guy with cards like Temple Garden and the other shock lands, along with many other lands using the forest card type. Personally, I think that qualifies this as better than Llanowar Elves, aside from the fact that it doesn't get around land-destruction.

But given what's in Standard right now, that won't be a problem. Here's a list of the best mana producing land enchantments I could find for all you mana rampers out there. Lots: You're right, he can also attack for one and chump block! The fact that his ability is not a mana ability and can therefore be responded to will probably make you randomly lose at least one game. For instance, try to untap a Dryad Arbor and they can just Lightning Bolt the Dryad Arbor in response, leaving you with 0 mana.

Tap the enchanted Forest by casting a Green spell particulary one that requires you to tap a Forest in order to cast to get 2 colored mana, use Arbor Elf to untap the enchanted Forest you tapped earlier, then tap the enchanted Forest again for mana to get another 2 colored mana. Use with lush growth Report Abuse. Combos with Wood Elemental Report Abuse. Khaztr: 8? Everybody says that now you can have 8 Llanovar elves in deck. Correct me if I'm wrong, BUT: Arbor's ability can be countered somehow, and Llanovar's can't because it's mana ability, while in Arbor it isn't?

If he gets bolted or something you can use his effect before he dies so you can still play your Giant Growth when your opponent attacks. It was two additional rounds, both of which are Sealed, which means extra emphasis on opening a good Sealed deck. On top of that, round 10 was an additional elimination round. I said on Twitter that GP Charlotte would be harder to win than any Pro Tour because it had more rounds, had a Sealed portion, required a much better record to make Top 8 than any other tournament ever, and its immense size.

This tournament had over players and was set for 10 rounds of swiss. I lost round one, then rattled off 11 straight wins before losing in the finals to what I felt was a bad matchup. We had the deck built for Matt Linde to play in some GP trials with and he loved the deck too. Reid ended up making Top 4 of the GP with it, while Matt went in trials, in the Miami 10k, and I went with it, so our total combined record with this particular build of Jund was an outstanding If it is not repaired in a reasonable time you can choose a refund or replacement.

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